by Olivia Saint
Samantha picked up her cell phone and called her mother before entering. The device sounded at the top, in the room of Amelia, who ran throughout the house picking up the clothes of her and her lover to later enter the room just after Manuel.
- I did not know you lived here with your daughters. I'm sorry I made you have this bad time.
- They do not live here. It's just that they come to visit. What a precision these girls are! - Amelia said while trying to reach her mobile.
- Samy, how are you? They have been slow to arrive. - Amelia said and while trying to stay calm.
- We're right outside, but we found a backpack and a leather jacket on the door, is everything okay? - Samantha asked.
- Yes, yes ... It's an old backpack that I had found in the trash, maybe I could get it back, but I did not want to put it in the house before cleaning it.
- OK, then we'll go inside. - Samantha answered before ending the call.
Amelia dressed quickly with many nerves, her hands trembled, and her heart seemed to go out her throat.
- This is a complete disaster. I hope they do not suspect absolutely anything. You should stay here in the room.
They both smiled like two frightened teenagers who are discovered by their parents in the middle of the climax of their sexual encounter. They felt the adrenaline rush through their bodies, and this made them feel alive and united in complicity that characterized them.
- Do you have any idea how much I miss all this? - Manuel said.
He approached slowly to Amelia and retook her from the waist. He had her naked breast, and her perfect abdomen was calling her to succumb again to temptation. She placed her hands on Manuel's skin and caressed him, and yet the heat unleashed on Amelia's body.
- We're already home, mom. It smells great! - Luisa said.
This instantly interrupted the act between Amelia and Manuel, who seemed to have completely lost their sanity and were easily out of focus when the burning desire woke up between them.
- I must go down, I'll come back as soon as I can. - Amelia said.
She quickly left the room while adjusting her skirt and hair, knew that her makeup was a complete disaster, but tried to ignore this. She immediately went down the stairs and hugged her daughters in a powerful and fraternal way, she missed them much, it seemed that the day had begun to improve.
Everything seemed to be retaking its place, since, she had recovered Manuel, and besides was counting on the presence of her two daughters, who were a fundamental part of her spine and made her feel happy and proud in each of her achievements.
- Welcome home again, girls. How big and beautiful they are! - Amelia said while kissing the cheeks of both girls.
- You also look spectacular, it seems that years do not pass by you. - Samantha said.
- Always so flattering, they must be hungry. - Let's go to the kitchen.
- Wait, mom. We have someone to introduce you to. He is David. My boyfriend. - Samantha said.
- Boyfriend? But what a handsome boy. Welcome to my house, I have many questions to ask about Samy.
She shook the hand of the young man, who was very good looking and attractive, something that did not go unnoticed smoothly. Amelia's eyes swept the young man from head to toe, noting that he was a somewhat shy timid boy.
- It's a pleasure to meet you. They have told me a lot about you. - David said.
- I hope you have spoken only good things. Let's go to the kitchen, I've prepared a delicious meal for you.
The girls left their luggage at the door, but it still caught the attention of the backpack and the leather jacket that had been left in that place. They all walked to the dining room and sat at the table, Amelia's nerves were remarkable since she knew perfectly well that Manuel was up there, and any sound or noise generated in that place would arouse the attention of her visitors.
He was a man of strategy, someone stealthy and knowledgeable, so, he knew perfectly well that he should not move a muscle or step on false, since, this could be easily noticed in the lower part of the house. He lay down in bed very quietly and waited there for some signal from Amelia.
The plates came and went, and the food was served quickly by Amelia, looking for a way to keep them distracted before it was too late. He needed to find space and time to be able to give Manuel a way out of that residence since this secret life he had with this man had to stay that way.
From the moment when everything was made public, possibly begin to ruin, because he knew perfectly that the shadow of Rito, still not disappear from their environment. This man was jealous, invasive and obsessive, so, knowing that this woman was trying to rebuild his life with a man in the house where he had formed a family, possibly this would make him out of control.
- The food is delicious as always, mom. I really missed your seasoning.
- You learned the best, and I know you cook very well, but never as the teacher. - Amelia answered with a bit of humor.
- And, have you heard nothing from my father? - Luisa asked with some caution.
They knew perfectly well about all the tension between these two characters, so talking about one while they were with the other always had to be done very carefully because they could awaken certain negative feelings or attitudes. No one but the girls had witnessed the constant discussions and confrontations that had taken place between Amelia and Rito, but they had never lost hope that sooner or later they could smooth out the rough edges and be together again.
Any child who is in the midst of a divorce situation like this maintains the hope of seeing their parents again united and happy as they once were. In this particular case, the possibilities were very remote, since, Rito had been in charge of completely destroying Amelia's self-esteem. Who had taken the lead in his life and had tried to rebuild everything from the ashes had been Manuel so that the only possibility in the life of Amelia to be able to move forward with his love life was right next to this man.
It was straightforward for Amelia to avoid all the sadness, loneliness and discomfort that had faced the last days, since, the return of Manuel symbolized an immediate return to that happiness absent in the last weeks. She thought that her joy would return immediately just to be with her daughters again, and although this was true, had been greatly enhanced by the contribution of the appearance of Manuel.
She looks very energetic, dynamic and very anxious, something that the girls noticed and aroused their suspicions. Amelia tries to hold long conversations about random topics, something that bothers Samantha and Luisa.
- The trip has been, and we are exhausted. Do you mind if we go up to the rooms? - Samantha commented.
This made Amelia's blood run cold, since, despite being an adult woman, independent and sure of her decisions, Manuel's presence in that place put her in a very vulnerable state. He did not want to be in evidence before his daughters and that suddenly he was related to a very strange man who did not understand where he had appeared.
Explaining the story of Amelia would be quite complicated and cumbersome, since, the girls would not understand that this man had remained present in the life of this throughout his life. In one way or another, he had always been unfaithful to Rito, from the emotional point of view, true love always felt for Manuel, despite having taken a firm decision in his youth.
- I do not think it is the best thing at this moment to go up. Why do not we go out for a better ride? - Amelia said.
- We are exhausted. What we really want is to get some sleep.
- Sleep? They are too young to sleep at this time. Let's go for a walk and so you know the neighborhood again, many things have changed.
Amelia's insistence instantly raises suspicions of her two daughters, who really were exhausted from the long road they had had to travel to get home. At Amelia's insistence, they had no choice but to agree to their proposals, thus avoiding the fatigue they had for a short walk after lunch.
- How did you meet? - Amelia asked trying to make conversation to Samantha
and her boyfriend.
- We go to the same class at the university, I pretended from the first day we met, my charms drove him crazy. - Samantha answered with a lot of humor.
- You always tell that version. But in reality whoever sent secret love notes every day was you, tell the truth. - David answered.
Amelia's mind was focused entirely on one place: the room located in the worst part of her house. I hoped that Manuel had been attentive and that he had taken the initiative to leave the house in that valuable time that Amelia had given him. Otherwise, he could no longer contain the possibility that his daughters would finally discover what was happening in that place.
- Mom, are not you listening to the story?
- Yes, of course ... The notes ...
They walked for at least 45 minutes around the entire neighborhood, stopped to greet some neighbors who had seen the girls grow up, something traditional in those situations in which the little ones who used to play around the streets, became adults and they went back to visit the old neighbors.
It was a pretty exhausting routine for the girls, who just wanted to go home and fall like stones in their beds to recover some energy. But they were there to please their mother and provide the happiness and tranquility of being with them again, so, they were not opposed in the absolute to any of the proposals of the nervous Amelia.
But it was more than evident that this woman was trying to keep her daughters out of the house, so they decided to return, due to the apparent exhaustion shown by their daughters. With her heart in her mouth, Amelia moved directly to her residence hoping that Manuel was no longer there. Upon reaching the door, the backpack and jacket were still in the same place, something that gave him to understand that Manuel was still at the top. They all went in, but Amelia felt a lot of nerves when she could not handle the situation.
- I'll take a shower, see you later. - Luisa said as she climbed the stairs.
The bathroom was at the top, so there was a considerable risk of the possibility that Manuel and Luisa were in case he entered his mother's room. The resignation was evident in the face of Amelia, who already had to be preparing an explanation in her mind and be able to make her daughters understand what was happening.
There was great trust between her and the girls since she had always tried to be transparent and an exemplary mother for them. Showing herself as a new, renewed woman who could put any man in her house was not exactly the image she wanted to project, much less in front of a guest.
Luisa walks directly to the bathroom, but the towels have always been kept in Amelia's room, so, remembering this, Amelia was forced to quickly climb the stairs after her daughter. Samantha and David see the faces completely confused by Amelia's attitude, with whom they were in the middle of a conversation.
Luisa's hand is placed just over the door handle but is stopped abruptly by Amelia, who feigned an interest in attending to her daughter.
- Go directly to the bathroom, I'll take care of the towels. Let me help you. - Amelia said while caressing her daughter's hair.
Their behavior went beyond the strange, both girls had noticed the transformation of their mother's attitudes, but they had not given too much importance to this.
- Thanks, Mom. But you should stop acting in such a strange way. You're scaring Samantha.
This left Amelia speechless, since, although she had made a great effort to try not to be so obvious, it had generated precisely the opposite effect. Her daughters were brilliant, maybe smarter than she was, and all her strange behaviors and comments had made it clear that something weird was happening in that house.
- Quiet is that I did not feel very well in the last days and I am very excited because they are here. It'll eventually go away. - Amelia said.
He waited patiently for the girl to move away from the door of the room, once she was completely alone in the corridor, she entered her room after opening the door. To his surprise, there was no one there. She went into the private bathroom she had, and she did not find Manuel either, so she felt a little calm at the possibility that she had finally left.
- Mom, the bathroom door is locked. Is there anyone else in the house? - Luisa asked just behind Amelia.
His heart took an instant leap, Manuel possibly found himself in that bathroom. The possibility of being discovered was imminent.
CHAPTER 7
A melia had worked hard not to be discovered, but it was inevitable, her two daughters were facing an inescapable reality that was directly linked to the happiness of her mother. Neither was able to judge the presence of a man in that house since both had witnessed the amount of terrible episodes that had had to face that woman to be able to get ahead.
Locked in her own world, Amelia had created a wall in which she kept herself protected inside, and tried to introduce her daughters into this space. Rito's aggressiveness and her different episodes of violence had always harmed the healthy development of family reunions, dinners and other events in which her ex-husband's bad temper and uncontrollable temper still showed.
Sure enough, Manuel was inside that bathroom by the time Luisa had tried to enter, even if she wanted to run away, and Amelia had tired of keeping it hidden. He had the chance to leave, but deep inside, Manuel simply did not want to. Both were exhausted to stay low profile, to evade a reality in which the two were up to their necks.
They felt happy being together, shared the best moments, sex was formidable and understanding was the best, so, there was no point in continuing to evade reality. The door opened slowly while Luisa saw completely shocked as a stocky man, handsome and mature came out of that room.
- Mom, who is this man? - Luisa said as she recoiled in fright at the possibility that he was an assailant.
- Do not panic. He is a good friend. - Amelia answered as she removed an enormous weight from her.
He could breathe again with absolute calm, but he had not yet faced the worst. In the lower part were still Samantha and her boyfriend, who would also have some questions to ask. Amelia felt some embarrassment at the situation of being in this position, with a visit from a stranger in the house.
- Your mother does not stop talking about you at any time. It's a pleasure to meet you, you must be Luisa, I know it from your glasses. - Manuel said.
The girl narrows the gentleman's hand with some caution, since, I did not know if it was all a game, a manipulation or really that man was a friend of his mother.
- I'm Manuel, an old friend of your mother's and I'm visiting the city.
- I've never heard of a friend with that name. - Luisa said as she looked at her mother.
Amelia was utterly sure that everything would come to light that day and she would have to give some explanations, perhaps more than she really wanted to convey. The three characters descended the stairs, returned to the dining room and all sat down to share a conversation in which they would reveal absolutely the whole truth of what had happened in all that time.
- Hi, you must be Samantha, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Manuel.
The gentleman shook the girl's hand with a lovely big smile on his face; finally, Manuel had washed his face and had decided to clean himself, so, this was the reason why he was in that bathroom.
- When did you arrive at the house? You were here all the time? - Samantha asked.
At that moment, it was when Amelia decided to intervene since those explanations corresponded to her giving them. So, she took a big breath and set out to reveal everything that was happening. David was left over in that place, since it was a purely family conversation, so it was not necessary for the presence of this boy, but even so, Amelia did not give much importance to this element and began the narration of that would be the whole story that she and Manuel had gone through throughout his life.
Like, two simple young people, everything had started in an innocent and full of illusions, Amelia was attending college, while Manuel made regular visits to his home during the afternoons. He lived very close, perhaps to two o
r three houses, since, it had been a long time, he could not even remember it. The particular thing was that those constant glances that arose between both personages that lived in the same street went away doing much more intense and peculiar, the reason why, any day, Manuel would accumulate the necessary value to approach Amelia.
- I'm sure many should tell you the same thing. But you have a stunning look. - Manuel said.
Amelia was sitting outside her house reviewing some notes from the university, she liked to sit on the step that gave her entrance to that old house, where she felt that she got the peace and tranquility necessary to concentrate.
- Hi, you're the military guy, right? - Amelia asked.
I had seen him spend a lot of times in that place, always wearing his perfect and very handsome uniform. It was impossible not to notice a boy like Manuel, since his attractiveness, security, and imposingness, had always been his main attractions to attract the attention of the girls. His youth had been the best, he had had the opportunity to go out with a lot of women and had accumulated enough experience to become Casanova.
But her attention was really called by that shy and serious girl who was usually outside her residence or was always on her way to college. Manuel had begun his engineering studies in that place, but he had not stopped military service since this was the real activity that made him feel passionate and alive. He decided to study a university career because of the high pressure exerted by his father, but his true vocation was to provide the service to his country.
He was very skilled, disciplined and with an exceptional physical prowess, which made him rise quickly like foam. It was very common to see them each evening sitting together outside the house of Amelia, who lived with their parents and who had fully approved that friendship that would quickly begin to transform into a love relationship. The attraction between them was inevitable, both felt a high affinity for each other and loved being together.
They had the possibility of going to the lake during the afternoons, they shared some food, ice creams and impressive moments at sunset. They had lost count of the spectacular sunsets they had shared together, so, this was giving rise to the relationship becoming more and more intense. It had been the most exciting months in Amelia's life, that she was not used to sharing so much time with a boy at all.